Nature Communications (Dec 2020)

A dual-labeling probe to track functional mitochondria–lysosome interactions in live cells

  • Qixin Chen,
  • Hongbao Fang,
  • Xintian Shao,
  • Zhiqi Tian,
  • Shanshan Geng,
  • Yuming Zhang,
  • Huaxun Fan,
  • Pan Xiang,
  • Jie Zhang,
  • Xiaohe Tian,
  • Kai Zhang,
  • Weijiang He,
  • Zijian Guo,
  • Jiajie Diao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20067-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Dynamic labeling and tracking of organelle–organelle contacts is essential to understand the formation and function of these interactions. Here the authors present a small molecule probe, Coupa, that labels mitochondria and lysosomes with blue and red fluorescence, respectively.